“We like to smoke, but we’re not endorsing marijuana,” says the soft-spoken Hexum after three of his band mates have fallen into deep slumber. “Knowing that he was in jail for no reason besides the law made it worth the hassle.”Īs P-Nut, 23, relates the story, Hexum, 27, and SA nod appreciatively and sip cans of Guinness, while Mahoney gradually slides down a couch cushion, his face cemented into a goofy grin.

“I’m just happy I got to help out, even though I don’t know the ,” reasons P-Nut. Oh, yeah, he also put a $15,000 lien on his home mortgage in order to bail his friend’s assistant out of jail – it seems that they were busted with more than 4,000 potted marijuana plants. Then he purchased a new laptop computer so he can fuck around on America Online while 311 are on the road. Frontman Nick Hexum likes to wake and bake at home but doesn’t partake much on the road, and rapper Doug “SA” Martinez, 26, doesn’t smoke at all anymore, although you’d never know it from his obsession with UFOs.ģ11 Emerge ‘Unscathed From the Craziness’ for New Albumīetween hits, P-Nut, so named because of the shape of his head, recounts events from his busy day: First he met his foxy girlfriend at a head shop and bought the aforementioned bong. The only ones who don’t smoke are the group’s two vocalists. For the next half-hour, the bong is lovingly passed among band members, and when they’re not toking, P-Nut and Mahoney grip their containers of weed like infants clutching teddy bears. Moments later, guitarist Tim Mahoney, 27, uncovers a second stash, this one in a jar embossed THC. Aaron Wills) pulls out a rainbow-colored bong and a large zip-lock bag that is swelling with more than an ounce of strong marijuana buds, and proceeds to pack himself a bowl. Not two minutes after the journey begins, bassist P-Nut (a.k.a.

show in support of their new album, Transistor. The door of their luxury bus closes, and 311 shuttle off on the 12-hour overnight drive from Los Angeles to Park City, Utah, where they will perform their second U.S.

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